Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c19.s5.9

c19.s5.9

41. This hymn contains numerous Rests, words with resolved vowels, and examples of hiatus; 1c trásithām; 3a yáyisṭha (-ā dual shortened); 4d áśu-aśva-; 5b irregular cadence; 7d ha, § 175 ii; 8b Virātsthānā verse; 9a requires correction, § 225; 9b su-aítavaḥ; 10b apā́m or Pentad verse; 10d Rest at the fifth place; 11b perhaps rayā́ye, § 139 i; 11d diaúḥ; 12c probably Pentad or Gautamī verse; 13a mahataḥ or mahaaḥ, see § 178; 14c candrá-agrāḥ; 14d see § 170 ii e; 16b perhaps Rest at the fourth place; 16b, 16c áccha-uktau; 16d Virātsthānā verse; 16e Rest at the fifth place; 19a Pentad verse. 42. 2b hṛ́dia; 3a īrayā̄; 4d sumatí, § 139 iii; 15b yuvanyún is suspicious on account of the rhythm: perhaps yuvayúḥ; 17a extra verse to 16; 18 borrowed from v 76.